The oil sands lifecycle

Paul Moore looks at the route of oil sands slurry through pumping to the processing plant, then the initial bitumen extraction

29 April 2009
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After being mined and passed through large sizer or roll crushers, oil sands are deposited on a receiving conveyor below the crusher and transported to a surge pile, which feeds a slurry prep tower.

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